Wednesday, October 29, 2008

Point of Fact

It is now less than a week until the election, and Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin has still never held a press conference. And it is clear that the McCain campaign has no intention of ever having one.

Someone potentially a heartbeat away from becoming leader of the free world has never faced unscripted questions from reporters. Fluff interviews (Hannity, etc.) and slightly-less-than-fluff one-on-one, pre-taped interviews (Couric, Gibson) do NOT count.

Four or five weeks ago when people like Andrew Sullivan were complaining about the same thing it seemed improbable that McCain/Palin could get away with it.

If Obama loses, it means that we are indeed swayed by messages rather than issues. Obama talked about issues, and Mccain just ripped on him without saying anything of substance in return. And if that wins the day, then why in the fuck even vote?

I saw Bill Clinton speak tonight, and that man needs to go door-to-door, because even though I generally dislike my Democratic Congressional candidate, I left that rally knowing that my hand will not waver as I fill in that circle, too. I'm not so sure I could have said that last week, given that we have a solid Independent candidate here in MN.